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Social

The Emotional Impact of Being Left on Read

The use of written messages for communication is not a strange phenomenon.  Anyone who has a busy routine can relate to running to work, going onto public transportation and sending a quick message to a friend or coworker saying “I’m

Relationship

How the Demand-Withdraw Pattern Hijacks Relationships

It starts with the dishes or a minor delay, and suddenly two people are locked in a conflict that feels oddly familiar, not because of the topic, but because of the pattern underneath it. The content changes, but the fight

Crime

The History of Forensic Psychology: How Crime and Psychology Became Connected

Humans often look at things with a black-and-white lens: if an action denotes something bad, it must be punished, and if another action denotes something good, it is rewarded. We rarely ever think about what goes on in the background,

Self Help

Why “Others Have It Worse” Is One of the Most Harmful Mental Health Myths

“Wars are going on and people dying- one shouldn’t feel that way.” “Others have it so much worse than we do.” They are said more often than people realise, by other people or by the afflicted person, and they are

Parenting

Tantrum or Meltdown? Understanding the Key Differences in Child Behaviour

We all have come across a child crying and screaming, absolutely refusing to listen to their parents or carers. We often assume the child is “throwing a tantrum”. However, not every emotional outburst is a tantrum. Just like adults, children do

Industrial

5 Stages of Grief Every Entrepreneur Faces After Business Failure

Tiny Speck was founded by Stewart Butterfield to develop a great multiplayer game (Glitch) that ultimately did not have enough users to justify continued development, so the company was closed in 2012. This was a very challenging experience for Stewart

Education Research

Predictive Processing: Is the Brain Really a Prediction Machine?

Imagine waking up from your sleep and walking to your washroom to get your toothbrush in the usual place. Even before the eyes had fully registered the scene, your brain had predicted where the toothbrush was. However, if the toothbrush

Research

Intelligence Without Awareness: A Neuroscientific Case Against AI Consciousness

The research article titled “Intelligence Without Awareness: A Neuroscientific Case Against AI Consciousness” examines an essential problem that arises in today’s world dominated by technologies: is AI intelligence (such as chatbots) really conscious, or is it only able to imitate

Education

Freud vs. MRI: Which Psychoanalytic Theories Still Hold Up Today?

Sigmund Freud never had any exposure to MRI scanners. Relying solely on his clinical couch, notepad, and decades of clinical observations accumulated from listening to his patients’  dreams, fears, and forgotten memories, he constructed a complete theory of the human mind. In

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5 Psychological Strategies to Ease Your Child’s Anxiety Before a Dental Checkup

A trip to the dentist terrifies many children. For a young mind, a clinic offers a harsh mix of psychological triggers, like strange sights, clinical smells, bright lights, loud noises, and a complete invasion of personal space. Doctors call this fear